Learning to communicate starts very young. It doesn’t involve talking, in fact, they say that as little as 7% of communication involves words – the rest is body language, facial expression, gesture and tone of voice. Having said that – how do children...
Who uses their hands to express themselves when talking? I’m guilty! There is a misconception that using signing with children will discourage them from starting to talk. When in fact, we all use our hands when we’re talking so why not encourage...
We’re in the Easter school holidays and the final stretch before school starts in September is about to begin. Do you feel that your little one is ready for school? Our colleagues Abi and Amanda have joined forces to create the “Get Ready...
The gloom of winter has temporarily taken a holiday and the sun has made a glowing appearance! What a delightful crisp, bright day. Half term is finally upon us after what feels like an eternity of a January. But how can we entertain...
Are you concerned about your child’s speech, language or communication development? Are they not speaking as much as their peers? Or is what they say difficult for you or other people to understand? Does your child find it difficult to focus and...
Christmas day is almost upon us! How are you planning on entertaining your little ones once the mahem of present-opening is done? Lots of us enjoy playing games with family, but how can we get the children involved? Here are some fun...
Teenagers already have a bad rep with their mood swings, “laziness” and sometimes rude outbursts. In our previous blogs we noted that behaviour can be negatively influenced by difficulties in understanding and this stands true for some teenagers too. An inability to...
The ICAN charity are the leading children’s communication charity and aim to ensure that no child is left out or left behind because of their communication difficulty. On the ICAN website you can find a number of moving films about what it...
‘A Chance to Talk’ is the latest project developed by ICAN and the Communication Trust (supported by the Every Child a Chance Trust and the Department of Education). The project was carried out with more than of 8000 pupils aged 4 –...
Colourful Semantics is an evidence-based therapy approach used by Speech and Language Therapists to help children develop spoken or signed sentence structure. This approach can be used with children with a wide range of needs including those with autism and those with...
